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Non Hispanic or Non Italian! Just White, British, Irish, or any other Western European American!
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I mean..........Caleb Plant? How many options are there here? -
Them NASCAR fans are too busy shooting up schools whilst the brothers take care of business in the ring statesideComment
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jack dempsey?Comment
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It's between Kelly "The Ghost" Pavlik, Rod "Danger" Salka and Tommy " The Duke" Morrison. Oh and Paulie "Heavy Handed" Malignaggi.Comment
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All-time it’s got to be Harry Greb based on resume. He has the greatest resume in the history of the sport and is no worse than a top 3 all-time.
Benny Leonard and Willie Pep are also two names on every historians top 10 lists. Mickey Walker can’t be too far off, surely no worse than top 12.
Now? Plant is probably it. White Americans just don’t get into the sport anymore. Back in the days there were so many Italians, ***ish and Irish getting into the sport and dominating.
Historically there's tons and many are among the absolute greatest of all-time.
Surefire top 10's
Harry Greb, Benny Leonard, Willie Pep
(Almost) certain top 20's
Barney Ross, Mickey Walker, Gene Tunney, Tony Canzoneri
Certain top 20-40 guys
Packey MacFarland, Billy Conn, Tommy Gibbons, Terry McGovern, Tommy Loughran
Certain top 40-60 guys
Jack Britton, Mike Gibbons, Stanley Ketchel, Tommy Ryan
Other notable greats
Jake LaMotta, Jack Dempsey, Rocky Marciano, Abe Attell, Lou Ambers, Fritzie Zivic, Maxie Rosenbloom, Nonpareil Jack Dempsey, Philadelphia Jack O'Brien, Joey Maxim, Carmen Basilio, Gene Fullmer, Joey Giardello, Teddy Yarosz, Pete Herman, Tony Zale
and many more.Last edited by chrisJS; 01-28-2019, 07:18 PM.Comment
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The first one that came to mind was "Bones" Adams..... then Kelly Pavlik.Comment
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Was Rod " the American dream " Salka ever a Champion ?Comment
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